Two days ago, Li Jiannan, a famous Taiwanese speaker who came to Shenzhen Satellite TV to record a program, told me that Tsai Ing-wen's doctoral thesis fraud incident has recently "stormed", and this time she may not be able to find it. "Escape". I felt a little strange at the time. Such a serious matter should make the headlines in Taiwanese media. Why didn’t Taiwanese public opinion react much?
checked online, and sure enough. Only the websites and TV stations owned by China Times, which have a blue-leaning stance and have been "stuck" by Tsai Ing-wen, have reported and commented on the "fake doctor" scandal almost non-stop for a week, while other Taiwanese media have been almost completely silent. Neither Tsai Ing-wen’s office nor the Democratic Progressive Party authorities responded. This is a bit unusual.
Is Tsai Ing-wen a “fake doctor”?
▲ When facing an investigation by the British High Administrative Court, the London School of Economics and Political Science "denied possessing" Tsai Ing-wen's doctoral thesis oral examination committee and oral examination report.
In fact, Tsai Ing-wen's "essay scandal" has been a hot topic for two years. Just last week, there was the latest breakthrough: Tsai Ing-wen's alma mater, the London School of Economics, "denied any There are "Tsai Ing-wen's doctoral thesis oral examination committee members and oral examination report." "Oral examination" is what we often call "thesis defense", and it is the only way to obtain a doctoral thesis. In other words, Tsai Ing-wen did not have a "thesis defense."
What does this mean?
▲Peng Wenzheng, a famous Taiwanese green mouthpiece who reported Tsai Ing-wen's "thesis scandal" (video screenshot)
Peng Wenzheng, a famous Taiwanese green camp mouthpiece who reported "thesis scandal", insisted that Tsai Ing-wen did not defend her doctoral thesis, so it is impossible to get a doctorate. Educational qualifications. This confirms that Tsai Ing-wen is a “fake doctor.”
Lin Huanqiang, another whistleblower and associate professor of the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina, explained that this is tantamount to an indirect admission that some people within the School of Political Science and Economics are cooperating internally and externally, providing false documents, and cooperating with Tsai Ing-wen to cover up and defraud her doctoral degree. Collusion across seas.
Many famous voices in the blue camp, Qiu Yi, Zhang Yazhong, all said that it was basically confirmed that Tsai Ing-wen’s paper was false and she should apologize and step down. Because it was with this fake doctorate that she entered National Chengchi University as an associate professor, and started her political career as a financial expert. According to Taiwan's laws, forging academic qualifications, defrauding public positions, and fraudulently receiving wages are serious crimes. Several crimes are punishable concurrently, and the prison term may exceed 100 years.
▲On the evening of November 28, Qiu Yi, a former public opinion representative and famous speaker in Taiwan, posted a screenshot of an article.
What’s going on with Tsai Ing-wen’s “thesis scandal”?
This starts with the “bizarre disappearance” of her paper that was revealed in 2019.
Tsai Ing-wen has always claimed that she is a doctor of law from the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Her research topic is "Unfair Trade Practices and Safeguards" and she officially "obtained" a doctorate in 1984. According to normal procedures, Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis in 1984 should be retained at her alma mater as an academic achievement. However, her original thesis could not be found in the three libraries of the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Alliance School and the University of London . There was only one that she submitted in 2015.
Tsai Ing-wen later held a press conference specifically for this, but what she showed to prove her innocence was just the "original thesis" one by one, which was not at all the version of the doctoral thesis that was supposed to be signed by the oral examination committee member.
▲ Tsai Ing-wen held a press conference specifically for "thesis gate" in 2019, but could not produce the version of her doctoral thesis that should have been signed by the oral examination committee members.
As a result, more people began to question and investigate the "thesis door", because suspenseful and bizarre plots were constantly being unearthed:
. Not only was the doctoral thesis missing, but Tsai Ing-wen's alumni at the time had links to the papers, but she did not.
. The doctoral diploma was reissued twice.
. She actually filled in the wrong title for her doctoral thesis when applying for a teaching position.
. Doctoral degrees may have been questioned on the island as early as 1984.
What is even more strange is point 4. After graduating in 1984, Tsai Ing-wen became a "visiting associate professor" at National Chengchi University under the "protection" of her father, Jesse Tsai, , a well-known political donor in Taiwan. But for the first six years, Taiwan’s education authorities continued to request verification of her doctorate. This, too, was extraordinary and may well have aroused suspicion at the time.
Lai Yueqian, a well-known speaker on the island who entered National Chengchi University at the same time as Tsai Ing-wen, also questioned that after graduating from University of Paris , he only submitted his diploma once when he joined the job and passed the review. Why was Tsai Ing-wen asked to submit certificates 6 times? Did he not have a diploma at the beginning?
Immediately afterwards, people discovered that Tsai Ing-wen was unable to obtain a doctoral diploma twice when she ran for public office. She claimed that her diploma was lost and submitted a replacement doctoral diploma.
Let’s summarize it here!
If Tsai Ing-wen is a real doctor, then she may be the "unluckiest" doctor in the world:
Not only does she not have a graduation photo, she also "lost" her diploma twice;
The three libraries of her alma mater, She has "lost" her graduation thesis;
She just graduated and can't remember the title of her thesis;
Her alma mater now "denies holding" the committee and report of her graduation thesis defense...
Each This kind of "accident" with only one in 10,000 chances all fell on her head. Moreover, her thesis supervisor also passed away in 2016, leaving her with no "witness". The question of the authenticity of her PhD has become a mystery.
So it’s no wonder that as Tsai Ing-wen’s status becomes higher and higher, more and more people are paying attention to various suspicions. Since 2015, people have successively exposed her papers as fraudulent and that she is a fake doctor. However, several parties insisted on their own opinions, making the incident " Rashomon ".
Can this new "real hammer" reveal the truth about Tsai Ing-wen's "fake doctor" incident?
I’m afraid it’s difficult!
Because the London School of Economics and Political Science has publicly stated before that Tsai Ing-wen obtained a doctorate that year, they have not overturned this statement now. What the whistleblower obtained was still "indirect evidence" and there was no way to "kill with one blow." Tsai Ing-wen can still blame the school for the "lost defense materials" problem, and she herself is "innocent."
However, there is still a possibility of exposing the truth about the "fake doctor". That is the original information that Taiwan National Chengchi University accepted young teacher Tsai Ing-wen in 1984, which may be able to confirm the authenticity of the doctoral diploma. But even more bizarre things happened one after another in 2019 when the "paper scandal" just broke out:
. All information about Tsai Ing-wen's initial employment was classified as "top secret" by Taiwan's administrative department, with a confidentiality period of 30 years. In other words, to check this information, you have to wait until 2049, after Tsai Ing-wen turns 93. This is basically the same as "destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces."
. Several professors who reported Tsai Ing-wen’s doctoral thesis for fraud were all brought to court. Later, the famous professor Peng Wenzheng was officially wanted by Taiwan's judicial authorities. He had fled to San Francisco, USA, and was now preparing to apply for "political asylum."
Do you understand? Taiwan's educational, administrative and judicial institutions have fully cooperated with Tsai Ing-wen to crack down on and hunt down whistleblowers and conceal the truth.It’s no wonder that once the island’s media involves Tsai Ing-wen and her authorities, they “collectively silence”.
It seems that in the future, unless the political parties change, Tsai Ing-wen steps down, and the information is completely unblocked, it will be impossible to find out the truth from within Taiwan.
Tsai Ing-wen’s alma mater has a history of degree fraud
Externally, the key party involved in the scandal, the London School of Economics and Political Science, is also unusual: the school’s legal department provided two professors who “orally examined” Tsai Ing-wen last year. However, this year the school administration said that there is no information on the list, and there is no information on the professors who "took the oral examination". In just one year, why is the school contradicting itself? Was he involved in degree fraud?
Many netizens with good memories said that although the London School of Economics and Political Science is very famous, it has many previous convictions for degree fraud. The biggest ones are Gaddafi 's son "Buy Doctor" and The "mystery of degree" of the son of the former president of Sri Lanka .
In December 2011, the London School of Economics and Political Science accepted a donation of 1.5 million pounds from Saif , the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and fell into a scandal. President Davis announced his resignation. The judge said that Saif submitted a large part of his doctoral thesis with help from others.
According to an exclusive report by Sri Lanka's "Colombo Telegraph" on October 3, 2013, the son of former Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa admitted that he only took the first-year examination at the London School of Economics and Political Science because He contracted measles and was unable to take further exams, but later successfully obtained a degree in economics, international relations and political science from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Looking at it this way, spending some money to buy a doctorate from the London School of Economics might not be too difficult for the wealthy and powerful Cai family back then.
Now, including Chen Yixin, a well-known scholar at Tamkang University, and many university professors on the island who have studied in Europe and the United States, they are basically certain that Tsai Ing-wen was a "three-no associate professor" at the beginning: no original certificate, no paper, and no review.
But will the fake Dr. Tsai Ing-wen step down because of this? Obviously not. It is absolutely impossible for Tsai Ing-wen to resign herself, and no one else can force her to step down. Because Tsai Ing-wen’s “fake doctor” scandal is comparable to Chen Shui-bian’s “Cape of 700 Million” scandal.
▲In 2006, millions of people on the island took to the streets to "defeat Bian", but the then leader Chen Shui-bian remained unmoved.
Tsai Ing-wen’s “fake doctor” is comparable to Chen Shui-bian’s “700 million”
In fact, Tsai Ing-wen’s “fake doctor” scandal is very similar to Chen Shui-bian’s corruption case:
. Even though there are constant A-Bian and his wife and son’s Various overseas accounts, deposits, invoices, and shopping vouchers were exposed, but he remained unscathed in office;
. Even if A-Bian’s "Cape 700 Million" was exposed, the evidence of corruption was conclusive, and millions of people took to the streets to "defeat Bian." " Chen Shui-bian remained unmoved and served two full terms;
. It was not until he left office and was abandoned by his American masters that the United States provided complete information on A-Bian's overseas accounts, and then A-Bian was caught, imprisoned, and sentenced.
Why?
Because the design of Taiwan’s so-called “democratic system” based on the American model has made the leader almost an “elected emperor” and it is almost impossible to impeach or remove him. Although many Taiwanese people are still complacent about having achieved the so-called "democratization" of politics. But now, Tsai Ing-wen, who has confirmed the fake doctorate scandal, has once again unveiled Taiwan's "democracy, freedom and judicial independence". Underneath the high-sounding image, what they are doing is using their power to conceal the truth and hunt down their opponents.
The United States will hold the so-called "Democracy Summit" in a few days. The DPP authorities headed by Tsai Ing-wen are invited to participate in the meeting at this time. It is really a wonderful satire of Taiwan's " democracy and the rule of law ": "Thesis Gate" Will the truth of the incident never be revealed?
Editor | Wan Xia, chief writer of Shenzhen TV Direct News
Typesetting | Dong Yi
